Seven basic guidelines for the enterprise architect

November 26, 2011

Guideline 1. Don’t create architectures for the sake of creating

Even if you have the best architectural idea don’t sacrifice more time than the situation demands.  If you don’t find a strongly anchored representative in the organization, who can finance the idea and convince a broader group of people, abandon any further activities.  But make sure that the idea gets through to the organization. When the time is right, somebody will hopefully come back to it.